In honor of the end of Daylight Savings Time, Green & Black’s, a pioneer in organic chocolate, is inviting consumers to appreciate the extra hour of darkness by offering free samples of the company’s 70-percent and milk chocolate bars. To get samples, go to www.appreciatethedarkness.com from 5 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday. — Karen […]
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Aldaco’s at Sunset Station, 100 Hoefgen, has long been a popular hangout for those who enjoy Mexican food and a good margarita. But is a ghost also hanging out there? It depends on whom you ask. Albert Jimenez, one of the shift leaders, says there are times when it feels “like there’s a ghost in […]
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• The Lodge Restaurant of Castle Hills, 1746 Lockhill-Selma Road, is having its annual Halloween dinner special Wednesday. The offer is four courses for $40. Call (210) 349-8466. • Habanero’s Grill is offering a Halloween Happy Meal that includes 15 kid tacos, 4 kid quesadillas, chips and queso as well as two quarts of lemonade […]
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The monthly gospel brunch at Casbeers, 1719 Blanco Road, will be a little different this Sunday. With it being so close to Halloween, the Earfood Gospel Orchestra has decided to perform a set of sinning songs from their regular repertoire alternating with redemption songs from their gospel selections. One thing that won’t change is the […]
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Pei Wei Asian Diner has opened at Lincoln Heights Shopping Center at 999 E. Basse Road. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner daily. Call (210) 507-3600 for information. Aladdin’s Eatery, which features Lebanese-American cuisine, has opened at La Arcata Shopping Center at 115 North Loop 1604 E. at Stone Oak Drive. The restaurant, […]
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In today’s New York Times, Joe Drape offers ‘A Celebration of Tex-Mex, Without Apology,” a look at our favorite food as it exists in Houston, Dallas, and, of course, San Antonio. The San Antonio portion of the article, accompanied by several photos, focuses on Mary Treviño and El Mirador on South St. Mary’s. “San Antonio […]
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• For 28 years, Josephine St. Cafe, 400 E. Josephine St., has been offering bus rides to home Spurs games, wherever the game is being played. (For you newcomers that means the Alamodome as well as the AT&T Center.) The restaurant will mark start of the new season with a Spurs Fan Season Kick-Off Pep […]
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Bolo’s Latin American Grille at the Omni San Antonio, 9821 Colonnade, is having a fundraiser today to benefit the MS Society. A portion of all pasta sales will be donated to the society. The hotel is a sponsor of the Valero MS150 and is the location where riders will pick up their information packets. The […]
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Chipotle is opening its newest restaurant at 1411 Bandera Road Road Oct. 24, and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m, the restaurant at the southeast corner of Loop 1604 and Bandera Road will be giving away free gourmet burritos, tacos, bowls and salads to customers. The grand opening on Oct. 26 will include T-shirt giveaways […]
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